President, Front to jointly promote people-to-people diplomacy
State President Tran Dai Quang and the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee will strengthen coordination to enhance people-to-people diplomacy and welcome international delegations to Vietnam as guests of the President and the VFF in 2017, especially during the High-level APEC Week in Da Nang.
President Tran Dai Quang (R) shakes hands with participants in the meeting (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – State President Tran Dai Quang andthe Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFFCC) willstrengthen coordination to enhance people-to-people diplomacy and welcomeinternational delegations to Vietnam as guests of the President and the VFF in2017, especially during the High-level APEC Week in Da Nang.
The contents of the coordination programme betweenthe President and the VFFCC presidium were discussed at a meeting in Hanoi onFebruary 14, which was co-chaired by President Tran Dai Quang and President ofthe VFFCC Nguyen Thien Nhan.
Accordingly, the two sides are going to workclosely to diversify activities aimed at calling for resources and jointefforts from people nationwide and overseas Vietnamese. They will alsocooperate in proposing mechanisms and policies targeting expatriates, whilepromoting the role of persons with high prestige in ethnic minorities andreligious communities.
They will also coordinate to direct theorganisation of communication campaigns to promote patriotic emulation movements,carry out humanitarian activities, and care for disadvantaged people.
President Quang underlined the need for strongercoordination to build up and bring into play the strength of the great nationalunity bloc in realising socio-economic targets, ensuring defence and security,expanding external relations, building a pure and strong political system and alaw-governed socialist State, and improving people’s material and spirituallife.
He assigned the President’s Office to work withthe VFF to advise the State leader about internal and external activities,especially in people-to-people diplomacy, mobilising overseas Vietnamese’contributions, bolstering cooperation between Vietnam’s socio-politicalorganisations with foreign ones, thereby helping to develop the country’sexternal relations and cooperation and creating a peaceful and stableenvironment for national development.
A report delivered at the meeting showed thatthe coordination between the President and the VFFCC presidium has helpedimprove the effectiveness of their respective activities in 2016. It hascontributed to enhancing the great national unity bloc, encouraging people tocomply with law, promoting democracy and protecting the rights and legitimateinterests of people.-VNA
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President Tran Dai Quang (R) shakes hands with participants in the meeting (Photo: VNA) 
